I thought he did a really good job.

My initial thought was that it is not that bad, but bad (enough) that he misses a couple of weeks.

She's certainly capable of it. I've seen her do it before and hopefully she'll do it again. I thought she stepped up huge in the first half and gave us a nice lead at halftime.

I never thought I'd have to bury one of my friends.

(I was) trying to win the game. Taking our chances from the five-yard line, I thought that was the better chance.

That's an important question, more important than it was 50 years ago.